yuánzì Chinese characters of the chemical elements

118 elements. Click one for its anatomy.

1 H qīng2 He hài3 Li 4 Be 5 B péng6 C tàn7 N dàn8 O yǎng9 F 10 Ne nǎi11 Na 12 Mg měi13 Al 14 Si guī15 P lín16 S liú17 Cl 18 Ar 19 K jiǎ20 Ca gài21 Sc kàng22 Ti tài23 V fán24 Cr 25 Mn měng26 Fe tiě27 Co 28 Ni niè29 Cu tóng30 Zn xīn31 Ga jiā32 Ge zhě33 As shēn34 Se 35 Br xiù36 Kr 37 Rb 38 Sr 39 Y 40 Zr gào41 Nb 42 Mo 43 Tc 44 Ru liǎo45 Rh lǎo46 Pd 47 Ag yín48 Cd 49 In yīn50 Sn 51 Sb 52 Te 53 I diǎn54 Xe xiān55 Cs 56 Ba bèi57 La lán58 Ce shì59 Pr 60 Nd 61 Pm 62 Sm shān63 Eu yǒu64 Gd 65 Tb 66 Dy 67 Ho huǒ68 Er ěr69 Tm diū70 Yb 71 Lu 72 Hf 73 Ta tǎn74 W 75 Re lái76 Os é77 Ir 78 Pt 79 Au jīn80 Hg gǒng81 Tl 82 Pb qiān83 Bi 84 Po 85 At ài86 Rn dōng87 Fr fāng88 Ra léi89 Ac ā90 Th 91 Pa 92 U yóu93 Np 94 Pu 95 Am méi96 Cm 97 Bk péi98 Cf kāi99 Es āi100 Fm fèi101 Md mén102 No nuò103 Lr láo104 Rf 105 Db 106 Sg 107 Bh 108 Hs hēi109 Mt mài110 Ds 111 Rg lún112 Cn 113 Nh 114 Fl 115 Mc 116 Lv 117 Ts tián118 Og ào
57–71
89–103

Every modern element character is a phono-semantic compound: a radical on the left gives the state at room temperature, a phonetic on the right hints at the sound. Four radicals cover the whole table:

  • jīn, “metal” — solid metal
  • shí, “stone” — solid non-metal
  • , “gas” — gas
  • shuǐ, “water” — liquid